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.Nd aligned memory allocation function
.Fn valloc "unsigned size"
Valloc is obsoleted by the current version of malloc(3),
which aligns page-sized and larger allocations.
bytes aligned on a page boundary.
It is implemented by calling
with a slightly larger request, saving the true beginning of the block
allocated, and returning a properly aligned pointer.
a pointer to the allocated space if successful; otherwise
a null pointer is returned
has not been implemented.